vertonen
[fɛɐ̯ˈtoːnən]
The verdict
“vertonen” is uncommon German (frequency #96,458 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,458
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Text, beispielsweise ein Gedicht, in Musik oder eine Melodie umsetzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-vertonen · vertonen · German
vertonen · rank #96,458 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,458
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH versöhnlichen
Nearest frequency peer: versöhnlichen (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „vertonen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Versmold
Versmold
3,546 corpus weight
- Verstopfung…
Verstopfungen
3,545 corpus weight
- versöhnlich…
versöhnlichen
3,544 corpus weight
- vertonen
vertonen
3,543 corpus weight
- Verwendungs…
Verwendungszwecke
3,541 corpus weight
- verwurzelte
verwurzelte
3,540 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vertonen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vertonen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈtoːnən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,458 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vertonen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vertonen is uncommon German at frequency #96,458 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈtoːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vertonen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is vertonen, spelled V-E-R-T-O-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Text, beispielsweise ein Gedicht, in Musik oder eine Melodie umsetzen
- 2einen Film, ein Video, ein Hörspiel oder Ähnliches mit Musik, menschlichen Stimmen oder anderen Geräuschen ergänzen / unterlegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vertonen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Clara Schumann vertonte den Text [Heinrich Heines „Die Lore-Ley“] im Jahr 1843 als Lied für Klavier und Singstimme.
Bereits in seiner Jugend hat Beethoven sich für das Gedicht "An die Freude" von Friedrich Schiller interessiert, das er später in seiner berühmten Sinfonie vertonen sollte.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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